THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS (Part VII) Theological Bites The book of Lamentations as any other book of the Bible is an inquisition on who God is in relation to what happened, what is happening and what is about to happen. The writer and the event he reports about is not as significant as what it … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VII)
Author: Jethro Musoke
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VI)
THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS Theological Bites Lamentations, as I mentioned in the previous introductions, is poetic in form and for that matter I consider the book to belong to the Ketuvim (wisdom writings) section of the Bible. The thing about the wisdom books of the Bible is that they are designed to deal with the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part VI)
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part V)
THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS (Part V) Theological Bites The book of Lamentations can be classified with the wisdom literature of the Bible. I contend that the lamentations are a work of Prophet Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem. The tragedy of Judah as the last part of God’s Israel was very devastating to all the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part V)
THE YOUTH FACTOR IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL
Reading chapter one of the book of Daniel, one easily sees how the attention is on the Youth and less on any other age bracket. The Leadership of Babylon, the then superpower, understood the significance of the youth. This superpower understood that the future of their reign and power lay in the hands of the … Continue reading THE YOUTH FACTOR IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL
Daniel 1:2 – THE PROPHET BEFORE A POLITICIAN
In Uganda, they always organize a NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST. It is something born in Washington but its origin is in the Bible and specifically in the book of Daniel. It was a national prayer breakfast when the religious leaders were called and failed. Now note that the religious leaders failed in the days of Nebopolasser … Continue reading Daniel 1:2 – THE PROPHET BEFORE A POLITICIAN
DANIEL 1:1 BACKGROUND
After the death of King Hezekiah, the kingdom fell into the hands of a politically astute but religiously apostate king, and that was Manasseh, who ruled for fifty-five years. The reign of Manasseh determined a number of things in the kingdom, both in the current days and the future of the nation. In his reign, … Continue reading DANIEL 1:1 BACKGROUND
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part IV)
THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS I link the book of Lamentations to the introductions of the book of Jeremiah because am convinced these lamentations are directly connected to the events that take place during the prophet’s ministry. I suggest a layman can best appreciate the lamentations of the prophet in the context of what happened in … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part IV)
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part III)
Theological Bites The book of Jeremiah is one of the largest books in the Bible and it is considered by many scholars to be the second-largest book, next to that of Psalms since the Book of Isaiah is attributed to more than one prophet by many scholars. Jeremiah is large since even the Lamentations are … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH (Part III)
LOVE IS IN YOU
When God created man in his image (imago dei), it meant nothing but two fundamental things: Man is an absolute volitional being (free to choose against himself and his creator as well) and Man is originally a love being. Love is not something that comes from outside man but love is what is originally in … Continue reading LOVE IS IN YOU
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL (PART V-B)
Theological Bites Hope for a New World Order (40-48) Hope in the book of Ezekiel does not end with the restoration of Israel and the defeat the Gog and Magog of the nations. There is a hope which is the last thing (eschaton) of the last things (eschatology) and that hope is one of the … Continue reading AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL (PART V-B)
iTiS Well of Worship Fellowship (John 4:24) 